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Mosquitto

Eclipse Mosquitto is Open source message broker which implements MQTT, used for MQTT Message Queue . Eclipse Mosquitto is an open source implementation of a server for versions 5, 3.1.1, and 3.1 of the MQTT protocol.

GUI

Prepare​

When referring to this document to use Eclipse Mosquitto, please read and ensure the following points:

  • Login to Websoft9 Console and find or install Eclipse Mosquitto:

    • Go to My Apps listing applications
    • Go to App Store installing target application

  • This application is installed by Websoft9 console.

  • The purpose of this application complies with the EPL-2.0 open source license agreement.

  • Configure the domain name or server security group opens external network ports for application access.

Getting started​

Enable authentication​

To enable authentication for Mosquitto using a password file, follow the steps below:

  1. Access the Mosquitto container and create a password file using the following command (file name, username, and password can be customized)

    mosquitto_passwd -H sha512  -c -b /mosquitto/config/passwd_file yourusername yourpasssord

  2. Modify the following items in the configuration file /mosquito/config/mosquito.conf :

    • password_file path: /mosquitto/passwd_file
    • allow_anonymous: false

  3. Rebuild the application

GUI for Mosquitto​

Reference: MQTTX

Configuration options​

  • Configuration file(volumed): /mosquito/config/mosquito.conf
  • User authentication(√)

Administer​

Troubleshooting​

Docker Logs Error: Address not available？​

Mosquitto 2.0 requires you to configure listeners and authentication before it will allow connections from anything other than the loopback interface.